If you leave me a medium-length and to-the-point essay expositing how all of these organizations are related to one another in the New Orleans rebuilding process, along with their relative importance in the overall scheme of things and deadlines, I will bake you a delicious batch of brownies.

Feel free to add any players I may have left out, but are not to leave out any listed above. Flowcharts earn extra chocolate chips and other surprise goodies. (We live in New Orleans where good food goes far.)

New Orleans and the rest of the confused nation thank you in advance.

“My thoughts are, we’re going to get somebody who knows what they’re talking about when it comes to rebuilding cities.” — George w. Bush in Biloxi, MS . 09/02/2005, on how the rebuilding of New Orleans might commence.

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Update: Markus made me a flowchart and it is the most head-shakingly appropriate and funny thing I’ve seen in a while. Please check it out. For this, he doesn’t get brownies but kheer/paayasam. The brownies are still available for the one with the essay.

Ughh. Is it any wonder that I’m feeling so icky? I may have to resume my news embargo until I feel better, ’cause stuff like this ain’t helping. But I applaud Markus for his truly brilliant illustration.